To be Fair

The Yong To-Fu Monster

I have not known anyone who loves food as much as my friend Sharon. We knew each other from working on the same project in Hong Kong last year. She is a Chinese outside, but an Australian inside. Her parents were from Malaysia but she was born and grew up in Canberra. The first day she set foot in South East Asia, she has polished every of her plate clean. When asked about her how her sight-seeing trip to Malacca was, all she could remember was the food. From the chicken rice ball, to pork satay and the list went on and ended with the famous cendol as the grand finale.

She has been drooling over this famous Ampang Yong-tofu but weeks after weeks she just did not have the chance to satisfy that appetitie. So three days before she is going back home, I picked her up and we headed to the famous Ampang yong-tofu. I must confess that after a decade relocating to Kuala Lumpur I have not even experienced myself this famous dish. The thought of the notorious Ampang traffic jam turned me off. Through a blogger's recommendation, thank God for internet, I was told that this gastronomic heaven is tucked right behind the Police at a double forked junction that is hard to miss.

We found the double forked junction easily and the police quarter right behind it. The white and blue paint of the police hostel was worn off largely and infested with black moss. It is hard to imagine that this is where some of the country's law enforcement members come home to. I wonder if this suburb has been voting for the opposition in the past. Sharon made a comment that this part of KL seems to have stand still in time.

Anyway, with the direction from a helpful pedestrian with a huge grin and an affirmative combination of head-shaking and hand-twisting gestures "Ampang yong to-fu ah ? ...Oh...you go straight straight straight....all the way straight.....then at the end you see it is there."

The fish paste filling is soft, tangy and extremely tasty. The fresh vegetables that hold the fish paste jewels added that extra crunchiness. Here are the pictures of the yong-to-fu monster revealing her true self and the very vulnerable victims.

posted by Vegie @ 9:15 AM